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The Finnish-Russian Civic Forum strives to promote cooperation between the peoples of Finland and Russia by supporting civic initiatives for democracy, human rights, and freedom of speech.
Seminar: Russia in Asian-European Context
Russia is geographically, culturally, and politically situated in-between Europe and Asia — sometimes being included in Europe, sometimes counted as part of Asia. What challenges does this bring for Russia’s participation in civil society activities within the Asia-Europe context? What is the space in Russia for civil society movements and their participation in international NGO work?
Face of Russian Civic Activism
The Arkadia International Bookshop in Helsinki will host a discussion with the Russian environmental and opposition activist, Yevgenia Chirikova, on Tuesday, 28 May 2013, at 3pm.
EU-Russia Civil Society Forum in St Petersburg
EU-Russia NGO Body Condemns Crackdown
Statement by the Steering Committee of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum
Russian authorities should ensure that Russian citizens are able to excercise the rights to freedom of assembly and expression when demanding free and fair elections
EU-Russia Civil Society Forum supports GOLOS
Statement of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum In Support of the GOLOS Association and Independent Monitoring of Russian State Duma Elections
We, members of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum, find any pressure on independent elections observers absolutely inadmissible. We believe that the implementation of the principle of open and unlimited independent monitors’ access to any elections is an essential feature of a democracy.
EU-Russia Civil Society Forum in Warsaw
More than 60 representatives of Russian and EU civil society organisations gathered for the second meeting of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum in the Polish capital, Warsaw, on 1-2 December 2011. The conference follows up on the founding meeting of the Civil Society Forum in Prague in March 2011. The forum brings together NGOs and activists from across Europe and Russia and is set up as a permanent platform for cooperation.
EU-Russia Civil Society Forum Established
Representatives of the civil societies of Russia and the EU established the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum (CSF) at a conference in the Czech capital, Prague, on 28-29 March 2011. The conference brought together 57 representatives of Russian and 18 representatives of EU-based civil society organisations as well as several observers.
EU-Russia Civil Society Forum in Prague
On 28-29 March 2011, civil society actors from across Europe and Russia will gather in the Czech capital, Prague, for a meeting of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum. The forum will serve as a venue to facilitate interactions between civil society institutions in the EU and Russia and could be used as a platform to develop a joint agenda and to support networking, exchanges, and implementation of joint initiatives and projects. The forum is not conceived as a formal institution; instead, it should be regarded as a framework for enhanced cooperation, an informal “meeting place” for joint action.
Russian NGOs under fire again
Prosecutors in Moscow have launched major inspections at several non-governmental organisations, Radio Echo of Moscow reports. Elena Panfilova, director of Transparency International Russia, said the prosecutor's office has sent faxes to numerous organisations demanding an enormous amount of documents regarding their activities and financial operations.
Information about the inspections came at the same time as many of the leaders of the organisations were attending a session of the Presidential Civil Society and Human Rights Council. Organisations targeted include the Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, the election watchdog GOLOS, the Moscow Helsinki Group, and many others, Ms Panfilova said. http://echo.msk.ru/news/710512-echo.phtmlFINROSFORUM 2010 | Modernisation: From Words to Deeds
The fourth annual conference of the Finnish-Russian Civic Forum, FINROSFORUM 2010, brings together a host of experts on human rights, politics, and the economy from Russia and elsewhere. The conference will be held in the Conference and Cultural Centre Sofia in Helsinki on 21-22 July 2010. The conference venue is located on the picturesque cape of Kallahdenniemi in Helsinki’s eastern district of Vuosaari.
The first day of the conference will focus on Russia’s need to modernise its political and economic system. Taking part in the discussion will be Boris Nemtsov, Russia’s former Deputy Prime Minister, Ilya Ponomaryov, member of Russia’s State Duma, Andrey Piontkovsky, Russian scientist and political analyst, Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, and many others. The full list of speakers is available on our website.
The second day of the conference will be devoted to a discussion about the need to create new forms of civil society cooperation between the EU and Russia. A project to establish an EU-Russia Civil Society Forum [pdf] will be presented at the forum. Leading actors in Russia’s human rights movement and civic society have been invited to take part in the discussion. Fraser Cameron, Director of the EU-Russia Centre, and Heidi Hautala, Chair of the Finnish-Russian Civic Forum, will present the project.
The conference is open to the public and participation in the event is free of charge. Registration for the conference is open at http://finrosforum.fi/pages/registration.
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